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Just somewhat related, I have both an inkjet printer and a 3D one, and came to a realization that it should be very easy to combine both in the same device.

I would buy it just for the space savings, never mind the $$ saved.

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You might be surprised to learn there are 3D printers with what is essentially a inkjet print head in them to do full colour 3D prints. Search up, Mimaki, HP Jet Fusion and ColorJet technology to start.

Sadly you can't use them for printing on paper though!

If you can figure out how to make ink print in 3D, or get polymer to stick to paper, that would indeed be revolutionary.

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